ThriftyFun News September 11, 2004 - Homemade Cleaning Recipes

This weeks TF News is about Homemade Cleaning Recipes. We have a
ton of recipes that we have brought forward from our archive. If
you have any recipes to add feel free to enter them on our
contest form:

Frozen Assets: How to Cook for a Day and Eat for a Month
By Deborah Taylor-Hough

Frozen Assets is small in stature, but jam-packed with
meal-planning advice. It contains recipe ideas, plus detailed
instructions on how to get the maximum value from your food
dollar, while also slashing meal preparation times.

To clean icky grout, pour hydrogen peroxide on grout, and watch it bubble. After about ten minutes all the gunk will be loosened and will wipe away. And you don't have to be exposed to fumes or irritating and highly toxic chemicals. You can also use vinegar and baking soda, but this is easier.
By Linda

Keep a bottle of hydrogen peroxide by your washer and spray it on stains before washing. It works great on baby formula stains and underarm stains. Some sprayers will fit on in place of the peroxide cap so you do not even need to change bottles.
**NEVER use peroxide on wool, silk or dry-clean only clothing. If you are worried about color fastness, test on a little spot inside the hem of the garment where it won't show.

Have you ever wondered what people used to clean their house before so many different kinds of cleaning products were so readily available on the market? Many of these ideas are not new and have been around for a long time.

Take an old towel and soak it in liquid fabric softener. Wring
it out good, pour the liquid fabric softener back into the bottle
and let the towel dry before using. This "sheet" should last you
at least 40 loads of laundry. One bottle of liquid fabric
softener should last years.
By Connie from Minnesota

I love the smell of Febreeze but can't stand the price so I searched for an online equivalent which I can not take credit for but will gladly share. Go to any local store and take the caps off the liquid fabric softener, sniff away till you find one you like. Purchase the softener and a spray bottle.